Sweet Lime & Cedar

I can't review this properly since I don't have access to it anymore. What I can say is that I went through bottles and bottles and bottles of this before it was discontinued, and then my boyfriend was buying it for me online until the price skyrocketed. One of the only scents I truly felt to be a signature. Not overly sweet, nor too foody, but absolutely delectable, and sublime. Mellow calming sweet fresh lime with a slight spice/woody edge. A peaceful, sparkling year round scent.

This is fresh and crisp and clean, a perfect fragrance for spring/summer. I feel just like I walked out of the shower when I wear this. The lime in it is indeed sweet as the name says, so people who don't do well with citrus scents (like me) may be pleasantly surprised by this one. It's a clean, refreshing fragrance, that lasts more than 6 hours on me. If you're looking for an everyday scent for summer, you should give this one a try.

I have a sample of this and I think it is very unisex. I like it very much. The lime is the first note and then the cedar comes into play. It lasts very well on me. I notice other reviewers here layered it with other JM scents. I especially like to layer it with grapefruit. It smells more complex. I'm glad I got these spray samples because I can play around with layering and get some interesting results.

It's been years since I smelled this, but it warrants a few words. I was shocked to discover that the scent I was wearing was inspired by Thai food. Shocked! The image I got from it was of a cozy cottage full of cedar furniture, spices and citrus rind boiling away to moisten the air, white flowers on the table, wool blankets flung casually over chairs. When first I bought it, the Jo Malone SA said it was her favorite too. She said she enjoyed spraying it at the head of her wooden bedframe. This way, she experienced the scent as at one with the wood, rather than as an addition to her sheets. Although I enjoy unisex fragrances, it is a tad on the masculine side for my skin, and so mixing it with other Jo Malones, such as Orange Blossom or Pomegranate Noir created nice effects. Eventually I used it as a room spray. The lasting power is incredible, and one spray in the center of the room scented it for hours. It did not smell masculine as a home fragrance, only comforting and woody. If I saw it again, I would surely buy it.

Most dominant are definitely lime and cedar, although there isn’t anything overly sweet about it. Orange and passionfruit are detectable supporting notes in the opening too giving this introduction an intense twang. As this warms up, a little coconut, cardamom and gardenia, yes. Lavender, sage and coriander are also prominent. The heart is a little milky which is nice, but it’s still a little of a discordant arrangement to me. Tamarind appears to liven up the tang along with cedar in the base. Just a touch of tonka and amber give a little more warmth. Inspired by Thai cuisine? Perhaps as far as the selection of notes go. But maybe there are too many in this dish as there is some unbalanced tang and twang going on. I don’t find this a very harmonious blend—rather like a stew that hasn’t cooked long enough for the flavors to meld together properly, or one that has two distinctly different dishes thrown in the pot together. Maybe I’m being extra critical because I grew up eating Thai food every day.